Lacking any other topics, I am posting a reminder from the DEP by way of Union County to start watching out for deer on roadways, as the rutting (mating) season has begun. The most dangerous times for a car vs. deer encounter are the morning and evening commuting hours.
Even though Plainfield is called an "urban center," it is home to plenty of wildlife, including herds of deer, wild turkeys, raccoons, opossums, skunks, groundhogs and rabbits. We have had incursions of deer even at Park & Seventh and they don't look both ways when crossing the road.
Please read the advisory and note the time change on Nov. 2.
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I made it almost the entire season without having them in my yard... they discovered the hosta and cleaned me out... west 8th has it's healthy herd hanging out in Library Park late at night
ReplyDelete. . . and red foxes. Children going to school via the school bus early in the morning should be careful and on the lookout for these red foxes while waiting for their bus. And then again at dusk.
ReplyDeleteThere have also been foxs seen near the catch basin on Cushing.
ReplyDeleteI have submitted an application to the Department of the Interior to be designated a National Wildlife Refuge.
ReplyDeleteYou omitted squirrels. Nothing with chlorophyll is safe.
Bill Ktuse
Bernice,
ReplyDeleteYou are right despite being an urban community Plainfield is blessed with a plethora of wildlife. They don't choose to be living amongst us and are just trying to live as best they can. We all need to do our best not to injure them as they go about their lives.
Tom Kaercher
The problem with the deer is they have no natural predators to keep their numbers in check. I know people that have small herds that visit their yards daily, stripping their vegetation, leaving feces. The deer are in the schoolyards, potentially exposing children to lymes disease.
ReplyDeleteBy not having predators to thin the herd, nor allowing hunting, many of these animals, due to overpopulation, will continue to destroy people's yards and ultimately with the lack of food, starve or come onto the highways and roads seeking food causing accidents and potentially, death to all parties.
Recently Chetwynd Avenue had an outbreak of a group of rabid raccoons, which attacked and bit several pets. When reported to County Animal Control, it took 3-4 weeks for them to respond.
I'm all for wildlife, but there needs to be a balance. If humans take away natural predators, then we must understand we now must assume that role to keep balance.
I blame Jerry Green or the Republicans for this situation .... I have just not figured out which one.
ReplyDeleteJust look at the numbers. Deer,Drug Dealers,Democrats,Red Foxes,rabid Raccoons,and Gerry Green claims he is the King of not just Plainfield,but of all of Union County.May we all can call his office and ask him to solve the deer situation . Let us see just how good of a job the king can do for his citizens.
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